Books about war: list, summary

Quite a lot of wonderful, interesting, patriotic, not left indifferent books about the war are written. The most popular were and remain those whose authors themselves have experienced the horrors of this event. Among them stand out especially Boris Vasiliev, Vasil Bykov and Konstantin Simonov. This article lists the best books about the war of 1941-1945.

List of the best books about war

In military works, great battles are described, historical facts are given, all the hardships of that time are revealed, and the heroism of the defenders of the Motherland is told. Especially for schoolchildren it is useful to read them.

List of books about the war that are among the best:

• "And the dawns here are quiet" - B.Vasiliev.
• The "star" is E. Kazakevich.
• "They fought for their country" - M. Sholokhov.
• "Live and Remember" - V.Rasputin.
• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" - Yu Semenov.
• "The war does not have a woman's face" - S.Alekseevich.
• "Young Guard" - A. Fadeev.
• "Tomorrow was a war" - B. Vasiliev.
• "Battalions ask for fire" - Y. Bondarev.
• "Vasily Terkin" - A. Twardovsky.
• "The son of the regiment" - V. Kataev.
• "Brest Fortress" - S. Smirnov.
• "The lists did not appear" - B. Vasiliev.
• "Shtrafbat" - E.Volodarsky.
• "Hot snow" - Y. Bondarev.
• "Officers" - B.Vasilev.
• "The Tale of a Real Man" - B. Polevoy.
• "Sign of trouble" - V. Bykov.

And others. The following is a summary of several books.

"And the dawns are quiet here"

There are books about the war that tell about the exploits of our women. The most famous of them is "And the Dawns Here Are Quiet" by B. Vasilyeva. The action takes place in the countryside in May 1942. He commands the part of the sergeant-major Vaska who was stationed here. His soldiers only drink and walk. The sergeant-in-chief asks the authorities to send him "non-drinking" fighters. Soon his request is fulfilled. He sent the girls. One day one of them notices two Germans in the forest and informs the foreman about this. He gets a command to catch the enemies. Vaskov takes five girls with her on assignment: Zhenya Komelkov, Sonya Gurvich, Rita Osyanin, Galya Chetvertak and Lisa Brickin. The Germans are 16. In an unequal battle, all the girls die, but the Germans are only 4, and even those wounded Vaskov is taken prisoner.

"The list did not appear"

Many books about the war are devoted to its very beginning. For example, B.Vasilyev's novel "I did not appear on the lists". Nikolai Pluzhnikov arrives at the Brest Fortress during the last peaceful days. The Germans are storming the fortress, the war begins. Since the lieutenant only arrived in the unit, he had not yet been put on the lists: he could leave the battlefield and he would not be considered a deserter. But Pluzhnikov remained to defend the fortress. Here he finds his love - the Jewess Mirra. The girl was dead, but Pluzhnikov did not know about it. The lieutenant fought even when he was alone. The Germans still took the dying Pluzhnikov prisoner, they saluted him as a sign of respect for his courage.

"Star"

Some books about the war tell us about the exploits of our brave scouts. The work "Star" E. Kazakevich just from their number. The main character is the commander of scouts Travkin. His group needs to go back to the enemy to find out how armed he is. "Star" is the call sign of Travkin, which was used during the transmission of radiograms. The commander leads his people into the enemy's rear. Practically at every step they are in danger. Scouts learn that where they are, the Germans have concentrated the tank division. Now the guys need to send a radiogram to the headquarters. The reconnaissance team, because of the excessive dexterity of the fighter Mamochkin, discovered herself, the Germans made a round-up on them. The scouts managed to transmit a radiogram, but they could not get out alive from the enemy's rear.

"Battalions ask for fire"

The books about the war, in which the famous battles are described, are very valuable not only in the artistic, but also in the historical sense. One of these works is Y. Bondarev's story "Battalions ask for fire". Our troops were to break through the defense near Dneprov. This task was assigned to two battalions of the division of Colonel Iverzev. The artillery regiment was to support them with fire. But because of the constant attacks of the Germans had to be moved to another place. The battalions were left without support, but they did not give up, they fought to the last bullet, and almost all the soldiers were killed.

You can call such a monument to the heroism of the Russian people such books about the war. The feedback of almost every reader about such literature calls to remember the exploits of those selfless people. Because of them we are now living.